Letters to the Editor - January 27, 2014

Published: Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 11:27 p.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 11:27 p.m.

I applaud the pope for defrocking 400 priests for their sexual abuse of innocent children.

In all denominations, unfortunately, abuse of all sorts takes place, in and out of church settings.

It troubles me to death that these priests in the past – rather than going to jail for the abuse – were moved from one place to another, only to have the sick behavior occur someplace else, in the name of religion.

If you are not given the gift of singleness, then marriage is the way to go. Only the wretched laws of the Catholic Church would tell a priest that you are to remain single, negating the God-given plan for a man … and so what do you get?

Why are not these priests put in jail, and serving a sentence like anyone else? They deserve no special treatment by the Catholic Church. Why is this allowed to happen?

Until America and the Church wake up and start doing this God's way, we will continue to see this country deteriorate.

I applaud the Catholic Church for its stand against legalized murder, and their care for those in need of food and shelter. But, until these priests are allowed to abuse children without going to prison, this behavior will continue. Send a letter to the Vatican, and tell the pope to enforce the law.

Joe Pasquarell, Wilmington

Get with it, GOP

Finally, someone has spoken out about the Democrats being so passive! A column by Eugene Robinson in the Jan. 14 StarNews brings up this subject.

Where is the outrage over the failure of the Republicans to compromise on anything? When President Bush came out with Medicare Part D, it was a mess (sound familiar?) It was not paid for, and everyone said it would be a disaster. The Democrats, instead of using this for political gain, worked with Republicans to fix it.

The Republicans need to destroy this country's economy to have any hope for 2016. Revolution is first, our country a distant second.

Charles Hodges, Wilmington

Obama, empty suit

In 2008, our president exuded an image of youth, energy, and true inspired renewal … someone in control of his circumstances. Unfortunately, time has peeled away that "image," and left us with an empty suit.

The European papers call him, a "bystander" president. The scandalous deeds of his administration did not seem to touch him, and like a schoolkid, he pretended to say, "I did not do it."

On numerous such occasions, he claimed that he was not aware – and that he learned it through the media … not aware of the NSA spying schemes, or Fast and Furious "criminal" activities, or the IRS attacking his enemies.

… Not only he has tried to detach himself of responsibility for Benghazi, but nobody in the departments involved has been fired.

In the recent New Yorker interview, he demonstrated the emptiness of his predicament – going all the way down to the … lame excuse of racism to account for his unaccountability for his failed governance.

Instead of promoting an inspiring self-reliance and creating an atmosphere for job creation, he promoted more dependency, more welfare, and more food stamps.

At the end, all we are left with is a feeling of pity. Pity for the president, after revealing his … arrogance and incompetence, and pity for the country he so badly transformed and ruined.

<p class="bold allcaps">No special treatment for priests</p>
<p>I applaud the pope for defrocking 400 priests for their sexual abuse of innocent children.</p><p>In all denominations, unfortunately, abuse of all sorts takes place, in and out of church settings.</p><p>It troubles me to death that these priests in the past – rather than going to jail for the abuse – were moved from one place to another, only to have the sick behavior occur someplace else, in the name of religion.</p><p>If you are not given the gift of singleness, then marriage is the way to go. Only the wretched laws of the Catholic Church would tell a priest that you are to remain single, negating the God-given plan for a man … and so what do you get?</p><p>Why are not these priests put in jail, and serving a sentence like anyone else? They deserve no special treatment by the Catholic Church. Why is this allowed to happen?</p><p>Until America and the Church wake up and start doing this God's way, we will continue to see this country deteriorate.</p><p>I applaud the Catholic Church for its stand against legalized murder, and their care for those in need of food and shelter. But, until these priests are allowed to abuse children without going to prison, this behavior will continue. Send a letter to the Vatican, and tell the pope to enforce the law.</p><p><i>Joe Pasquarell, Wilmington</i></p><h3>Get with it, GOP</h3>
<p>Finally, someone has spoken out about the Democrats being so passive! A column by Eugene Robinson in the Jan. 14 StarNews brings up this subject.</p><p>Where is the outrage over the failure of the Republicans to compromise on anything? When President Bush came out with Medicare Part D, it was a mess (sound familiar?) It was not paid for, and everyone said it would be a disaster. The Democrats, instead of using this for political gain, worked with Republicans to fix it.</p><p>The Republicans need to destroy this country's economy to have any hope for 2016. Revolution is first, our country a distant second.</p><p><i>Charles Hodges, Wilmington</i></p><h3>Obama, empty suit</h3>
<p>In 2008, our president exuded an image of youth, energy, and true inspired renewal … someone in control of his circumstances. Unfortunately, time has peeled away that "image," and left us with an empty suit. </p><p>The European papers call him, a "bystander" president. The scandalous deeds of his administration did not seem to touch him, and like a schoolkid, he pretended to say, "I did not do it."</p><p>On numerous such occasions, he claimed that he was not aware – and that he learned it through the media … not aware of the NSA spying schemes, or Fast and Furious "criminal" activities, or the IRS attacking his enemies. </p><p>… Not only he has tried to detach himself of responsibility for Benghazi, but nobody in the departments involved has been fired. </p><p>In the recent New Yorker interview, he demonstrated the emptiness of his predicament – going all the way down to the … lame excuse of racism to account for his unaccountability for his failed governance. </p><p>Instead of promoting an inspiring self-reliance and creating an atmosphere for job creation, he promoted more dependency, more welfare, and more food stamps. </p><p>At the end, all we are left with is a feeling of pity. Pity for the president, after revealing his … arrogance and incompetence, and pity for the country he so badly transformed and ruined.</p><p><i>Edgardo H. Bianchi, <a href="http://www.starnewsonline.com/section/topic9971"><b>Leland</b></a></p><p></i></p>